Recording savings receptacle



Oct. 12 1926.

.G. R. PERRY RECORDING SAVINGS HECEPTACLE Filed April 5. 1923 PENNIES OOOOOOyOOOOOOOO ff VENTOR A TTORNEY Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES c 1,602,833 PATENT OFFlCE'.-

GEORGE R. PERRY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE L. BEELEB, OI

' IORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

RECORDING SAVINGS RECEPTACLE.

Application fled A ril 5,

deposited therein at the time such money is inserted, whereby the individual is enabled 1 at any time to determine by a mere glance or inspection of the exterior of the receptacle, the amount of funds contained within it, a feature or expedient of extreme importance in connection especially with young children for the purpose of stimulating the savings faculty and practice, while at the same time rendering it impossible for the receptacle to be opened by such individual for the actual handling of the money, and whereby consequently the temptation to spend the same prematurely is thwarted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a collection receptacle particularly well adapted to be supplied at relatively low cost to banks, industrial insurance companies, or

other credit institutions and which is designed to be opened by the official at the bank or the like, and which receptacle, moreover, is of a most compact and convenient form and size.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a savings receptacle with a special record slip which not only carries the customers identification name and number,

but also serves as a medium-for the registration of the deposits received in the receptacle by the customer from time to time and which slip may serve ultimately the dual purpose of a deposit slip at .the bank and customers receipt at the time the receptacle is opened at the bank and returned to the customer for refilling.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying'drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved receptacle closed.

1928. Serial No. 630,099.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1 but with the device unlocked and the lid and associated parts in opened position.

F g. 3 is a detail view of the deposit slip. 00

F g. 4 is a detail view of the inner panel.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line- 5 of Fig. 1, indicating the recording ac Without meaning thereby to be limited GB to any particular design or form or construction of receptacle, except as may be demanded by the state of the art or claimsattached hereto, I indicate a box 10 of substantially rectangular form and relatively Hat and shallow, the same being provided with a lid 11 hinged at 12 along one edge for swinging open or closed and having preferably a flange 13 embracing the adjacent free edge 0 the box and having also any suitable means or provision for locking the receptacle shut, the lockingmeans being shown conventionally at 14 and 15, it being understood that the key or secret for the opening of the box will be held only by the person whose duty it is to open the receptacle, check u the amount of deposits within it, and de iver the receptacle again to the customer with the suitable deposit or receipt slip.

At any convenient points, as at the ends, I provide a coin slot 16 and a hole 17 for the admission of bills suitably rolled. These admission openings may be guarded by any suitable springs, prongs, or the like as are well known, to prevent the removal of the contents of the receptacle therefrom.

Either broad flat side of the box, such as the bottom or to preferably the latter, is provided with i entification and recording means. To this end I indicate that the lid 11 is formed adjacent and parallel to the hinge edge with one or more slots or 0 enings 18, shown as two in number, an as intended for the name or initials of the customer and the number of the bank account, such features to be visible and legible directly through the slots. The lid-also is shown provided with a series of legends 19 indicative of amounts of various denominations that are adapted to be received through the slot 16. Obviously the num. her or arrangement of these legends may be greater or less than'as shownand they may be arranged in many various ways according to the style of the receptacle or purpose for which it is intended. The legends may be stamped or formed on the l1(l either in words as indicated or by numerals representing the denominations, and obvious- 1y I do not wish to be limited in any respect as to the style of such legends. Associated with each legend. and identified thereby is a row of holes 20 formed directly through the lid, the number of holes in each -ro\v being as many as would probably ever be required for one filling of the receptacle.

Associated with the lid and arranged in close proximity to the interior surface thereof is an inside panel 21, shown so shaped and sized as to fit the inner surface of the main portion of the lid and so rest upon the edge of the box when the receptacle is closed. The panel 21 is provided with as many rows of holes 22 as are formed in the lid at 20, and the holes of the lid and panel are so designed as to register perfectly when the receptacle is closed. a feature easily insured as a result of the fitting of the panel to the interior of the lid. While the device except as expressed below may be made of any suitable rigid material, I prefer to employ sheet metal for the parts thus far described, not only for convenience of construction but also for reliability in practice. Along one edge of the panel 21 I provide one or more spring tongues 23, as by forcing out from the main panel slender portions thereof, a feature easily performed during the punching of the holes 22. The tongues in normal form may be as indicated in Fig. 4, slightly ottsct from the plane of the panel, and when th parts are assembled these tongues bear upward resiliently against the lock edge of the lid, and so tend to cause the upward opening movement of the lid when the lock mechanism is released. \Vhcn, however, the lid is locked shut the tongues are sprung downward out of the way as shown in Fig. 5, whereby the lid and panel may lie close together.

In Fig. 3, I show in detail a deposit and receipt device of any suitable construction but indicated as comprising a slip having two parts 24. the original, and 25, the duplicate. These elements constitute a record carrier, the same being associated with the receptacle, preferably within it, and is interchangeable from time to time in the practice of the device. Preferably these are printed as one integral piece joined along the edge at 26 which is inserted into the receptacle adjacent to the. hinge line of the lid, while the two slips 2t and 25 lie close to each other and are gripped between the lid and the panel 21. The under surface of the slip 24 is preferably black spotted at 24' for making a carbon impression on the duplicate slip. Both of these slips are preferably printed on their faces with marks at 27 indieating the space for the identification of the customer and lying below the slots 18 and also with legends 19 corresponding to the legends on the lid at 19. The slips are preferably printed with blank lines 28 for the totals. Instead of the black spot printed or formed on the under surface of slip 24 a sheet of carbon paper might be used but not with the same convenience to the receiving teller or other ofiicial.

The practice of this device as up lied to savings bank accounts may be brie y summarized as follows: Any authorized person after the account is opened in any well known or usual manner, will write the identification name or number, preferably-the latter. on the space 27, writing directly upon slip 24 and making at the same time a carbon impression on slip 25. These slips are furnished for the banks and are blank except as already noted. The person then inserts the doubled slip between the open lid and the gripping or holding panel 21, the slip being then in dimensions substantially the same as the area of the panel 21. Upon closing and locking the receptacle the deposit or record slip is held immovable in the space indicated and directly between the two series of registering holes 20 and 22, with the identification plainly visible at the slots or windows 18. The customer or individual having possession then of the locked receptacle may carry it as desired and deposit therein from time to time money of "arious denominations as will be obvious. henever a coin or other unit of money is inserted into the receptacle the customer or individual will register the amount the eof by the use of a pin, pencil, or other pointed instrument, pricking once dircctlv through the registering holes and paper slips, forming a record of the transaction in the row having the proper denomination as indicated in Fig. 5. Holes so prieked will always be plainly visible through the lid holes 20, and so at any desired time any one by a glance at the lid of the receptacle may see or count the amount of the contents, and yet the cash itself will not be accessible except as stated above. It is a well known principle of psychology that the faculty for saving or accumulating money is stimulated by the frequent counting of money, and this practice is provided directly by the registra tions through the registering holes. At any desired or convenient time, either at stated intervals, when a certain amount of money III is recorded, or otherwise, the customer takes the receptacle to the bank for deposit, the reeeivim teller holding the key' or secret for opening the receptacle opens it and dumps the contents preferably in plain View of the customer and usually or preferably counts the money to prove that the record made by the punch marks on the slips is correct.

As the money is counted the teller enters on the face of the sli 24 the extensions and the total. The recor now is complete in duplicate, and one slip may be handed to the customer as a receipt while the other remains at the bank for its usual purpose. Or entry may be made in a ass book in the usual manner if preferrec. The teller or other person will then insert a fresh double sli into the receptacle and lock it and hand it ack to the customer with the receipt slip formed therethrough a window, a duplicate deposit and receipt device within said anel and having a blank space thereon for i entification means visible through said window, means within the rece tacle holding the device against said pane and means to make an ent or record upon said device while being so eld.

3. In a collection receptacle, the combination of a panel, an inside panel arranged closely parallel thereto, a record sheet interposed between said panels and held firmly in place thereby, means to make a record impression on said sheet from the outside of the receptacle while being so held, and means to separate automatically said panels when the receptacle is opened, the first mentioned panel being the 11d of the receptacle, and

said means for separating the panels serving to initiate the opening of the lid in addition to its function to separate the panels as aforesaid.

4. In a savings receptacle, a panel having holes therethrough arranged in groups for different denominations, means to identify the denominations of the several groups of holes, a record carrier, means within the receptacle to hold the record carrier close against the inner surface of the panel having the holes, and means, acting selectively through the holes to form impressions on the record carrier from time to time: accordin to the amounts deposited in the receptac e.

5. In a savings receptacle, the combination of a panel, a record carrier within the receptacle adjacent to said panel, means cooperating with said record carrier and said panel for ripping and holding the record carrier in xed position while the receptacle is shut, means including registering pairs of holes in the panel and gripping means for making a record impression on the record carrier from tlIG OIItSIdG of the receptacle according to the amount deposited from time to time, and means to identify the holes according to the denominations of the deposits.

6. In savings and deposit apparatus, the

combination of a receptacle having a panel having formed theret-hrough a wlndow, a record device within said anel and having a s ace for the placing tiereon of the depositors identification means visible through said window, means within the receptacle holding device against the panel, and means to make a distinguishing record upon the device while being so held and according to the denomination of the deposit.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE R. PERRY. 

